In the show Garth's daughter wasn't named so I named her lol. Oh and this is a Garth centric chapter.
Bess is in the kitchen making dinner while her husband Garth is in the living room playing with his daughter. Bess smiled warmly as she brought a tray of hot cooked meat in with vegetables and hot roast potatoes on the side.
"Dinner ready?" She says.
The little girl bouncing in Garth's arms squeals and runs to the table.
"Emily. Remember what we said about running." Garth says.
Emily climbs on to the chair. Her little legs wobble as she sits down on the seat. She giggles and swings her legs waiting for the food.
"Something smells good." Garth grinned. He kisses his wife on the cheek. "I'll go and tell the others."
Garth walks to the end of the stairs.
"DINNER!" He yells.
He hears a series of groans. Garth rolls his eyes and chuckles.
All they like to do is be in their rooms.
At least that's better than ripping people's hearts out.
Since he became a werewolf Garth's view of the supernatural has changed. He is open minded. He believed there are others like him who didn't want to hurt humans. But the hunger is strong and control is something most werewolves struggle with. When werewolves kill an innocent human the guilt takes over them, weighs them down. Garth decided it was time to step up and help those who want the closest to a human life as possible.
Garth, his wife and friends looked into cases that are werewolf related and tracked the packs down. At first his mission was not successful. Most of the werewolves were too far gone, no sign of humanity in them. Garth's pack had no choice but to kill the rogue werewolves.
Then one day Garth and his friends found a cabin. It looked abandoned. The wood is rotten, windows are smashed, spider webs hung off the walls. It looked like no one has lived here for years. There was someone, Garth can smell their scent. He signaled ordering his friends to stay put. Too many may scare the lone wolf.
Garth tucks his gun in his back pocket and walks in. He finds a figure bent over in the corner of the room. Garth's enhanced sight helps him see through the dim lighting. He saw a young woman with short cropped blonde hair bent over. His eyes go on to the sliver knife that glistened in her hands. His eyes widen.
"Hey what are you doing?" He asked.
"Doing what needs to be done." She growled.
"Kill yourself?"
"Yes." She looks at Garth her eyes red raw due to excess crying "I can't do it anymore. I have tried to fight it but it's too strong."
A small smile forms on Garth's face. This is it. This is his chance.
"There is other ways you know." He says.
"I tried everything!" She said her voice raising "But the hunger won't go away."
Garth nods.
"I know. I struggled with it when I first turned. I'm telling ya there is other ways. Killing yourself is not the answer."
"I fed on animal hearts. I tried yoga and those breathing exercises that are supposed to keep you calm. When a human is near." She closes her eyes and fights the fangs that started to form. "I just wanna rip the heart out and eat it. Every last bit of it." She shakes her head "I thought I did have it under control but when Tasha died..." She stops her voice cracking.
"Who is Tasha?" Garth asked.
"My sister."
"What happened to her?"
The werewolf looks at the sliver knife. Pain flashes across her eyes. Garth let out an oh.
"She was not the sister who I once loved." She answered "I thought I was doing a good thing...turning her to save her life."
"Turn her? She was human."
"So was I. "
"You got bit." Garth studies the woman up and down "You never wanted this."
"Ya think. I hate what I am. My sister was in a car accident. I came to say my goodbyes but I couldn't do it. I didn't want to lose her. So I thought maybe my abilities could be good. So I turned her. But... Tasha, she changed. I fought the constant hunger but Tasha embraced it. She was killing humans so I had to put a stop to it. I killed her with this very knife. Since her death I have struggled. The need to feed got stronger."
"Grief is pushing you in that direction."
"I nearly killed a human last night."
"Mark Morley. He is the latest case we are looking into. We spoke to him in hospital he claimed he saw a monster. I assume that was you."
"I waited for the right time to attack. I got him. He tried to fight back and that made me angry. So..." She looks at her hands remembering when she sunk her claws into his skin. "...I was gonna do it. Get the heart but I stopped. It was like a small part of me held me back. I realized what I did and I ran. That's how I found this place." She raises the knife to her chest. "What I did, was unforgivable. I could do it again. I don't want to kill anyone. I don't wanna be like my sister. This is the only way."
Garth smiles.
"You didn't kill Mark. That shows you are still human. You still got humanity in you. You have struggled because you been fighting it alone. With a pack we can help each other."
She looks at Garth's face. The warmth in his eyes and his friendly smile.
"Why would you wanna help me?"
"I like to help. Me and my wife we don't eat humans. We eat animal hearts. My wife, she's an excellent teacher she helped me with my abilities and hunger. She got me out of a dark place. If it wasn't for her..." He gestures to the knife. "I would have ended my life. Thought the same its the only way. After meeting Bess now I know there is hope for us and we can still be part of the outside world. No more running and hiding." He carefully takes the knife out of her hands. "I can offer you a home, food, family. Time Bess gets her hands on you, you won't even be craving a human heart."
"You would really do that...for me. You don't even know me."
"We will get to know you." He smiled. "Lets start with your name. What's your name?"
"Kate."
"Nice to meet you Kate. I'm Garth. The others are outside they are looking forward to meeting you."
He goes to take her hand. Kate raises her hands.
"Wait." She shakes her head. "I thought I was the only one who wanted to be normal. I never thought there are other werewolves like me."
"Umm werewolf no. We prefer to use the word lycanthrope. Werewolves are monsters and we are not monsters. We just have their abilities."
Kate chuckled.
"Okay then."
"Now come. Bess promised us pasta tonight."
"You eat normal food?"
"Yeah sometimes. Gotta balance it out ya know." He grins. "With an animal heart on the side of course."
Kate laughs. This man is definitely not what Kate expected a werewolf...lycanthrope to be. He looked like he wouldn't hurt a fly.
If only she knew what his story was.
From that day Kate with Bess and Garth's help has started to gain control and when full moons came all of them went to the barn and chained themselves to the wall.
It has started to become a routine and as time went on more children and teenagers came to be part of Garth's family.
There was another werewolf similar to Kate's age called Scott. Everyone mainly teased him calling him Teen Wolf. Another one around ten years old called Carlos. He was Mexican but very polite while others ate with their hands at the table young Carlos always stuck to a knife and fork. Its table manners he would say. A recent one was a little girl around six years old called Annie. She lost her parents due to rogue werewolves. One bit her and left out on the road. A hunter found her and he didn't have the heart to kill her. He heard about Garth's crazy plan and decided to take her to the bran.
Annie was like a daughter to Garth. He gave her the fatherly love that she lost. When Bess fell pregnant and had Emily. That didn't change Garth's attitude towards the others. He loved them all the same. Emily and Annie became close. They were like sisters. Carlos was their big brother while Kate and Scott are the two eldest siblings.
Garth sighs as his adopted children took forever to come down the stairs.
"COME ON GUYS. IT WILL GET COLD TIME YOU COME DOWN."
Kate walks down the stairs holding Annie by her hand.
"We were playing a game Uncle Garth." Annie says.
Garth smiles and scoops Annie up in his arms.
"What did you play?" He asked.
"What's the time Mr Wolf."
Garth laughs at the choice of game.
"It was Scott's idea." Kate grinned.
"Emily can play afterwards." Annie said excitedly.
"We can all play together." Garth grinned.
Garth carries Annie to the table. He sits her next to Emily. Kate sits opposite the girls. Scott and Carlos join the table. They both sit down. Carlos tucks a napkin down his shirt.
"I washed my hands Miss Bess?" Carlos smiled.
"Good boy." Bess praised.
"I made sure Scott washed his hands Miss Bess."
"Good. Very good."
Garth clears his throat.
"Everyone. Shall we dig into this lovely meal."
Garth looks down and starts eating. The blue grace flashes across his eyes. Bess notices and frowns.
When Garth came back after helping the Winchesters Bess knew something was wrong. She saw the look of defeat on his face. Then his eyes glowed blue. He thought he should show her instead of explaining it. Bess gasped. Her reaction upset him even more. He wasn't a free werewolf he was controlled by Michael. He nearly killed Sam and Jack because of the archangel.
Garth feared he would hurt Bess and the others. Michael can see what he saw. The archangel would find it satisfying seeing Garth ripping his family apart. Garth ordered Bess to lock him up in the barn. Chain him up, ward it with angel sigils anything that will keep him down. At first the couple argued Bess didn't want this. Garth is a good man he didn't deserve it. She was angry at the Winchesters. If the Winchesters didn't call Garth out none of this would have happened. Her anger vanished when Garth told her that Michael possessed Dean again. Her anger turned to worry. Although she has met the hunter a few times she didn't fully know him the thought of that monster riding in his body worried her.
The next day Sam called and told Bess Michael is locked away in Dean's mind. Bess told her husband but he still refused to come out of the barn. He wasn't coming out until Michael is gone for good. He is locked away but Michael is smart he will find a way out. Bess, Kate and Scott took turns bringing food in. Annie, Emily and Carlos were kept away. Seeing Garth like this would stress them out.
Bess prayed every night. Her faith in God started to decrease. Her husband's status hasn't changed. It made her wonder if this is how their life was going to be. Being a warden to a prisoner who was her husband. Bess blinked back the tears and tried to stay strong for the family. They needed her more than ever.
Weeks later Bess came to the barn with lunch. Her husband looked confused. His eyes flickering from blue to yellow as he looks round.
"Honey? You okay?" Bess asked.
Garth looks at his wife.
"I can't feel Michael. He's...gone."
"Gone?"
"He's dead."
Bess's eyes widen.
"Dead? How do you know?"
"I just know. I felt a burning sensation inside me and the ringing in my head has stopped. I think he is dead."
"I will check. I will call Sam."
Hope fills Bess's chest as she called the younger Winchester. Sam confirmed Michael's death. Everyone celebrated and gathered around the barn as Bess unchained her husband. Garth stepped out feeling like a free man again. The grace still remained but Garth now had control over it.
Garth looks up from his dinner plate and frowns at his wife.
"You okay?"
Bess quickly nods.
"Yeah I'm fine."
She sits down. The grace is something Bess is trying to get used to. Emily thought blue suited Garth. That brought a smile to his face.
The family continued eating when suddenly the temperature drops and the room falls into darkness.
"Hmm." Garth swallows his carrots and looks at the window. "Is it night already?"
Bess looks at the clock.
"It's not that late."
"Its cold." Scott shivered.
"Aww does Scotty want a blanket." Kate teased.
Scott throws a parsnip at the other werewolf.
"Hey no throwing food across the table." Bess snaps.
Garth stands up. A strange feeling rose inside him.
"I'm just gonna look outside." He says.
The hunter turned werewolf picks up his shot-gun and goes out the door. The cold air hits him causing a shiver to go down his spine. He walks round the house and barn seeing if anything looked suspicious.
Everything looked normal. Then Garth finds a foot print. He squats down and sniffs it. The werewolf coughs. Smelt of smoke and coal.
He suddenly hears screaming and barking.
Garth sprints. His eyes go yellow and claws form. He finds a man on the ground being attacked. Garth couldn't see the attacker but he could smell it. The burning smell of hot smoke went up his nostrils. He hears the barking from the invisible attacker.
Hell hound.
Garth raises the shot-gun and shoots. The hell-hound runs off by the sound.
Garth turns to the house. Scott and Kate are at the door.
"Did you just shoot a dog?" Scott asks. His eyes widen.
Garth points to the man on the ground.
"Look someone is here!" He yells.
Garth approaches the injured man. The man had blonde hair, blue eyes. He is a good looking guy.
"Dude you okay?" Garth asks.
The man drops back on his knees. He was so weak he couldn't stand up.
"Hey hey hey." Garth goes by the man's side. "Let me help you up."
The man flinched away. Fear shows on his face.
"Okay okay sorry." Garth apologized. He looks at what the hell hound did. "Dude that looks nasty. It needs medical treatment now."
"I'm fine." The man says.
"You look far from fine." Garth puts his arm around the man and helps him stand up. Garth winced as the man fought trying to get out of the werewolf's grip "Whoa you are gonna make it worse. You can trust me."
"Your eyes..." The man spoke his voice weak. "They were..."
"Stop talking." Garth interrupted. The last thing this man needed to hear is he is those monsters that transform on a full moon. "Don't use all your energy up. Stay with me."
Garth supports the man as they walk towards the house.
"Who are you?" The man asks.
Garth smiles.
"I'm Garth."
Kate and Scott run out and help Garth with the injured man.
"Holy crap." Scott gasped.
Bess's eyes widen at the new arrival.
"Get the first aid box." Garth ordered.
Bess obeyed and opens the cupboards to get the kit.
"Daddy what's going on?" Emily asks.
"Kate take the kids upstairs." Bess ordered.
Kate nods.
"Come on guys."
"What about dessert?" Annie asks.
Kate grabs the kids and takes them upstairs. Scott stares at the blood. His face goes green. He is sure he is going to be sick.
"Scott. Help me." Garth snaps.
Scott snaps out of his shock and helps Garth put the man on the sofa. Bess runs in with the first aid kid.
"I don't think its gonna be much help. The cut is deep. Its gonna get infected." She says.
"Just do what you can." Garth says.
As Bess gets out the antiseptic, needles and bandages. Garth sits by the man's side.
"You never told me your name." Garth smiled hoping to distract the man.
"Michael." The man coughed.
Garth sighs. Out of all the names it had to be Michael.
The werewolf nods.
"Nice to meet you Michael. My wife is gonna take good care of you."
Michael felt drawn to this man. He didn't know why but he felt connected.
"We're losing him. Garth he needs to go hospital." Bess says.
"He may not even make it to the hospital." Her husband yells.
"What do we do?" Scott asks.
Garth looks at his hands.
"I'm gonna try something."
He puts his hand on Michael's chest.
"What are you..."
"Angels heal people with their grace." Garth cuts his wife off. "I got grace in me. I must be able to do it as well."
Michael's head snaps towards Garth.
Did he just say grace?
Garth takes a deep breath. His eyes glow. Michael felt warmth spread all over his body. His injures start to heal up. Bess gasps while Scott looked awestruck.
Michael has felt this power before. He looks at Garth's glowing eyes. It suddenly struck him. He felt connected to Garth because Garth has his grace. Michael is being healed by his own grace. Michael is human but he knows his grace he can sense it. That is one ability his father couldn't take from him.
"Well I'll be damm." Garth examines the man over. "It worked." He smiles. "How ya feeling buddy?"
Rage rises inside the former archangel. He grabs Garth by the shirt and they both fall on the ground.
"WHO GAVE YOU MY GRACE?" Michael yells in the werewolf's face.
Garth grabs the man and turns round. Garth was now on top pinning Michael down. Bess growls but Garth raises his finger ordering her to wait. He looks down at the angry man.
"Your grace?"
"Yes. Who gave it to you. Was it God? Is this how he is punishing me. Making me human and giving my grace away to everyone. "
"Dude slow down." Then Garth froze. He swallows. "You said your name is Michael."
"Yes."
"Michael as in...the archangel Michael."
"Yes."
Garth stands up. He studies the archangel who seems to be mortal now.
He quickly grabs the shot-gun and aims at the former archangel.
"You have a nerve." Garth growled. "To come here. You caused so much pain to my family."
Michael frowns.
"What?"
"Get on your knees!" Garth yells. Michael does looking more confused than angry. "I thought you were dead."
"Dead no."
Garth's eyes go blue. He felt so angry. This son of a bitch forced him to drink that disgusting grace, made him attack his friends and made him live in a barn locked up like a wild animal.
Michael tensed as fangs form out of Garth's mouth.
"You will wish you stayed dead the first time." Garth growled.
Then Garth shoots.
Kate the werewolf is from the episodes Bitten and Paper Moon. I decided to include her because I always thought she should meet Garth. Garth would help her.
Next chapter coming soon.